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The demise of the Exarchate
Towards the end of the 600s, the Byzantine Empire had plenty of issues on many fronts, but the Lombards in Italy wasn't one of the worst.
In fact, things were rather quiet on the western front. From the death of king Grimuald in 671, until the reign of Liutprand, which started in 712, there were no major conflicts, even if there were regular squabbles along the various borders.
According to the Byzantine chronicler Theophanes, the Exarchate and the Lombards entered into a peace treaty around 680, which lasted for over three decades. The treaty implied a formal recognition by Byzantium of the Kingdom of the Lombards.
#ExarchateOfRavenna #Franks #histodons #Lombards #OriginOfVenice #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/early-venice/the-demise-of-the-exarchate/
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Venice appeared as a kind of, but not quite, sovereign polity in the late 700s and 800s. Venetian society, no longer governed directly by Constantinople, nor really independent, had to survive between the two super-powers of their time, Byzantium and the Carolingian Empire.
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Sestiere – sestieri
Venice is divided into six parts called sestieri - singular sestiere.
It has always been that way. From the earliest sources we have, there sestieri are there in Venice.
#Franks #HowVeniceWorks #Topography #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/sestiere-sestieri/
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Venice might not have been
Venice was an independent state for almost a millennium, but it might note have been. It all hinged on a single battle fought in the Venetian lagoon in 810.
In the 700s, it had been a province of the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna for a long time. However, long wars between the Exarchate and the Lombards had reduced the province to just a sliver of lagoon, called Venetia Marittima, between Grado in the north and Ravenna in the south.
In 751, the Lombards got the better of the Exarchate, when they took Ravenna and captured and probably killed the last Exarch. Then the Franks under Charlemagne appeared in northern Italy, and defeated the Lombards.
#Byzantium #Charlemagne #Franks #VenetianState #Venezia #Venice
Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/early-venice/venice-might-not-have-been/